Open Hours This Saturday 7/19 From 11am-4pm

Hi!
So this summer has been crazy for Julie and Tony, so we haven't had as many open hours as we'd like, but we're gonna change that this weekend!
 We will be having open hours from 11am-4pm at the Pierce Avenue Community Garden (1190 Pierce Ave).
We have SO MANY GIANT ripe vegetables, so please stop by and get some produce!!

OPEN HOURS

11am-4pm

Saturday, 7/19

1190 Pierce Avenue

Also, as always, please contact us at BODYCommunityGarden@gmail.com if you would like to stop by the garden at any other time!  We would be more than happy to open it up for you!

Additionally, find out whats ripe by following our Instagram account @BODYCommunityGarden

Speaking of, here is what you can find this weekend!

Summer Squash

Some (admittedly) wayyy too big zucchini!  Our new irrigation system is producing some very very large produce

Seriously - these guys are huge

So many cucumbers!

Peppers!  Jalapeño, cayenne and bell

Gorgeous Eggplants!

Pole and bush beans

Tomatos of various ripeness

So we hope you can stop by this weekend!!

Feel free to email us with any questions.

Happy Summer!

-Julie

Seedlings!!

Our seedlings are getting out of control! Not even 2 weeks since planting and they're huge! And we need them to stay out of the ground for another 2 weeks..

Any suggestions?

Guess it's better than no seedlings at all?

Hope our 4th graders are having the same success!

Greenhouse top off after they touch the top, and ideally next to an open window or fan to get them used to wind.

Can't wait to see your seed progress!

Happy sprouting!

(From Julie's phone)

The First 2014 BODY Spring Events

So! The BODY Community Garden had a big week last week!


On Thursday we planted seeds with our favorite 4th graders at PS89 and told them all about their upcoming field trips to the garden!  The seeds will grow into the seedlings the students will plant during their visit.  Each student got to plant at least one seedling, and also learned about macronutrients from BODY's awesome Nutrition Group.

We also planted our own seedling tray to make sure we have enough seeds sprout into seedlings for the students to plant during their field trips.  It has only been a week and we already have a TON of progress on our seed growth!  We hope the 4th graders are taking good care of their seedlings and are seeing the same results :)

Seedlings already starting to sproud

Our greenhouse for the seedlings to get started indoors

Already growing big and strong!

Also, last week we were so lucky to work with some wonderful 9th graders from Pelham Lab High School during their Community Action Day.  The students helped us plant 4 trees (!! that is a lot of work), plant sunflower, corn and carrot seeds, and clean up the garden.  We were so impressed with how helpful, hard working and smart these students were and would be ecstatic to have them come back any day!

Students and the new cherry tree they planted

Our new pear tree planted by the 9th graders of Pelham Lab HS 

Students and teachers of Pelham Lab HS with the cherry tree

Group picture with some of the students and teachers of Pelham Lab HS

Corn and carrot seeds planted! 

Sunflower seeds planted to grow against the fence

New fig tree planted!

 Thank you so much to the students and teachers of Pelham Lab who helped us on Friday!  We were so happy with all of the work we accomplished!

We have our first Community Work Day coming up on April 27th, from 12-4pm in the garden to celebrate Earth Week! 

 

We hope you can join us for some sun, fresh air, and garden productivity. We are going to make some repairs to our trellis, lettuce table and strawberry planters, and also plan to make some new additions to the garden.

We hope to see you all then!  

Happy Spring!

-Julie

Welcome back Spring!

Hi everyone!

We're back for our 2014 planting season!! This is the BODY Community Garden's 3rd planting season, and we're excited for new plants, new community involvement and new projects!

We have already had a great start to our season by getting 4 free trees from the Million Tree NYC program (http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/html/home/home.shtml).

Fig, pear and cherry trees from the Million Trees NYC program

 Also, spring has officially sprung in the BODY garden and we're seeing a bunch of beautiful flowers starting from bulbs we planted in the fall of last year.  We will have more flowers to plant in May, but until then, these make a great start to the garden!

Small Crocus flowers from bulbs we planted in the fall

Crocus

Yellow Crocus

The beginnings of Daffodils and Tulips we planted in the fall.

We are getting the spring started this year with a trip to visit our favorite 4th graders at PS89 to have them start seeds which will become seedlings they will plant during their field trips to the garden in early May.

Also, we will have some of the students from Pelham Lab High School visiting the garden for their Community Action Day!  They are going to help with some of our early spring construction projects to get ready for our planting season.


Finally - we have a new way you can follow the progress of the garden!  Follow us on Instagram - @BODYCommunityGarden
Pretty pictures of flowers?  Why not?

Don't forget - if you have any questions about the garden, our events, or how you can get involved, feel free to email us at BODYCommunityGarden@gmail.com.


Anyway, get ready for some exciting spring happenings at the garden!  We hope to see many of you at the Open Hours this spring and summer.

Happy Spring!
-Julie

Weeding is fun!

Before pepper plot

After pepper plot

Future cucumber!! :)

Everything is growing!

Baby zucchini!

So many tomatoes! Mostly green but some red too. We also have a ton of basil... All we need now is a mozzarella bush (or a resident cow) and we'd have everything for a great caprese salad.

Also, everything else! :)

Saw my first baby cukes today - yay summer rain!

End of June Updates

Wow, I can't believe June is almost finished!

We have had a lot of hot days, and with consistent watering - the plants are looking very happy!  We have so many green beans (haricot verts) and snow peas ready for picking!  Also, lots of green tomatoes just waiting to ripen, a bunch of growing zucchini and peppers, and lots of flowers on cucumbers and squash.

Each of our green bean plants looks like this - so many beans!

Ripening tomatoes!

First zucchini of the year!  Julie thinks it looks like a platypus.
Tony thinks it looks like a duck.

Also, the garden is in full bloom, with beautiful flowers, happy grass and full beds.

If you're interested in coming to visit and want to pick some fresh veggies, please contact us at bodycommunitygarden@gmail.com!
Our next set of open hours aren't until mid-July, but we would love to have you come get some beans, peas, tomatoes and zucchini ASAP!

Happy summer everyone!
-Julie

Peas!!

So many peas!

And tiny tiny baby beans

Tomatoes, Peppers and Squash - oh my!

With all the rain over the last couple days, the plants are super happy!  And growing!

*warning - these are some pretty terrible phone pictures...so you'll have to come see the plants in person during our open hours to get the full experience*

Also - advanced apologies if we got some of the student's names wrong on their plants.  The dirt has made some of the names a little tough to read.

We have peppers!  Lots and lots of cayenne peppers, either already growing strong, or flowering and coming soon.

Jasmine's Cayenne Pepper

Nicholas' Cayenne Pepper

Xiomara's Cayenne Pepper

Tinel's Cayenne Pepper

Cole's Cayenne Pepper 

On one side of the trellis we have beans and peas getting so big!

Pea flowers!

Bean flowers! 

On the other side of the trellis we have cucumbers, beans and tomatoes!

In the yellow we have cucumbers, in the red more beans, and everything else is tomatoes!

We have a couple cherry tomato plants with green tomatoes already growing!  Others have lots of flowers just waiting to be tomatoes soon!

Our two successful pumpkin plants are getting so big!!  This might be a practice year for pumpkins - but we're considering planting more. 

Our squash plants are getting huge!  Also we have lots of plants that are already flowering!

Ali has a squash flower!

Amani also has a beautiful squash bloom!

Our strawberry plants have a flower!!!!!!! Yayyyy!!  Although in general our PVC pipe strawberry gardens haven't been as successful as we were hoping - we still have a chance!

 And of course, our magnolia tree is still beautiful.

Come see these plants and more in person during our open hours next week!!

June 18th, 19th, and 20th from 5pm-7pm

and June 23rd from 3pm-6pm

Happy summer everyone!! We hope you come visit us next week!

-Julie